Re: UVM 2017/18: A Gutt Check

It was Coughlin that scored off his own rebound, not O'Neil - O'Neil's goal was that beautiful bullet of a shot from the left wing.

I'll have some thoughts on the blog later.

Nice post on your blog.

- Mitchell Smith is a very good hockey player (D1 level in my opinion)
- Evers took the penalty after Perigo crushed Ace Cowans (which looked like a legit check from my seat). Cowans really impressed me last night. Fast skater who battles for the puck.

Re: UVM 2017/18: A Gutt Check

Originally Posted by j24vt

Nice post on your blog.

- Mitchell Smith is a very good hockey player (D1 level in my opinion)
- Thomas took the penalty after Perigo crushed Ace Cowans (which looked like a legit check from my seat). Cowans really impressed me last night. Fast skater who battles for the puck.

It was Evers that took the penalty - the only time Thomas spent in the box was serving the penalty to Lekkas. It did look like a clean hit originally though.

Re: UVM 2017/18: A Gutt Check

Originally Posted by j24vt

They have used forwards on the point on the PP quite a bit in the past. Puskarich last year comes to mind. I think it came about because of a lack of offensive defense men.

Sneddon has used this format from time to time quite a bit going back 5-6 seasons now. Usually, its to try and increase some PP production. It's always a bit of a gamble, but then UVM has never figured out how to run a power play anyways.

Glad to see the Cats come away with the win, but I still dread these games against the Canadian teams. It's been better recently and much of the thuggery seems to be gone, but I still dread these games. I'd rather see UVM play a Norwich or St Mikes team later in the season then the Canadian teams. I realize they want game time before the actual season starts, but it's not worth the risk and I think in some cases it gives them a false sense of where they are. You feel pretty good about the hockey being played because it's weak competition.

Regardless, lets hope everyone is firing on all cylinders and they can build on last year.

Originally Posted by Hokydad

Maine will be better this year relative to rankings than BC will be this year

Re: UVM 2017/18: A Gutt Check

Originally Posted by jcarter7669

Sneddon has used this format from time to time quite a bit going back 5-6 seasons now. Usually, its to try and increase some PP production. It's always a bit of a gamble, but then UVM has never figured out how to run a power play anyways.

Glad to see the Cats come away with the win, but I still dread these games against the Canadian teams. It's been better recently and much of the thuggery seems to be gone, but I still dread these games. I'd rather see UVM play a Norwich or St Mikes team later in the season then the Canadian teams. I realize they want game time before the actual season starts, but it's not worth the risk and I think in some cases it gives them a false sense of where they are. You feel pretty good about the hockey being played because it's weak competition.

Regardless, lets hope everyone is firing on all cylinders and they can build on last year.

And yeah, I realize these preseason games are kinda risky. I think we all remember Kyle Reynolds's career-altering injury in one of these games. Luckily Waterloo came to actually play hockey rather than punch up. Feels like there were a lot less goonfests this year - maybe USports told them to behave themselves before coming down because there were 4 or 5 games last year that wouldn't look out of place at WrestleMania.

I disagree on the "giving them false sense of where they are," I think it's important to get some confidence flowing early.